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· 5/30/1986

United States v. Nile Smith

Citations

  • 790 F.2d 789
  • 20 Fed. R. Serv. 1018
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25433

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that when reviewing a motion to suppress, the court “may affirm on any ground fairly supported by the record”
  • finding probable cause where “under the totality of the circumstances known to the arresting officers, a prudent person would have concluded that there was a fair probability that [the defendant] had committed a crime”
  • when reviewing a motion to suppress, the court may affirm on any ground fairly supported by the record
  • coventurer’s testimony that another venturer had told him that the defendant “needed somebody that wanted to counterfeit money” properly admissible
  • probable cause is determined “under the totality of circumstances known to the arresting officers”
  • codefendants’ statements that jeep contained counterfeiting materials supplied probable cause

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Judges: Wallace, Farris, Boochever

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